Hockey agent Shumi Babaev, representing the interests of the Avangard forward Stanislava Galiev said the striker waited until the last minute for an offer from Ak Bars, for whom he played last season.
Tuesday “Avant-garde” announced the signing of a contract with Olympic silver medalist Galiev. Previously, the 32-year-old forward played for “AK Bars” .
— We waited until the last minute for an offer from Ak Bars. At the end of July, I will say right away that before Vladimir Tkachev’s injury, Avangard’s sports director Evgeniy Zabuga called me and asked about Stas. Honestly, we did not even consider the option with Omsk, I did not consider this idea. The next day, the Omsk club offered us a contract, I informed Stanislav about it. After Avangard’s offer, the general director of Ak Bars approached me and offered me a two-year contract.
If we talk about finances, then the difference between the offer from Ak Bars and Avangard was decent, and I understand that Stas was tired of waiting for an offer from the Kazan club. We literally waited four months for an offer from them, it was psychologically difficult for Galiev, it was a kind of limbo. He wanted to stay in Kazan, I have good relations with Anvar Rafailovich (Gatiyatulin – approx. ), but when everything was in this format one day … There are certain reasons why Kazan could not make an offer earlier, they were freeing up space under the cap, etc. But when you sit and wait for an offer, you do not understand what and how – it is difficult.
In any case, I express my gratitude to the Kazan club for making us an offer, but at that time we agreed, practically agreed with Avangard. At the same time, I thank the Omsk club for working quickly,” Babaev told .
During the 2023/24 season, Galiev played 66 games in the KHL regular season and playoffs, scoring 23 points (7 goals and 16 assists).
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